CMS is expanding the definition of âemergency departmentâ under EMTALA Hospital-based urgent care clinics may have EMTALA duty even though those clinics are not equipped to stabilize true emergency medical conditions.
Hemiparesis is unilateral paresis, that is, weakness of the entire left or right side of the body (hemi- means half). Hemiplegia is, in its most severe form, complete paralysis of half of the body. Hemiparesis and hemiplegia can be caused by different medical conditions, including congenital causes, trauma, tumors, or stroke.
Left-sided hemiparesis. Read it. (Stroke on the right side of the brain) After a stroke in the right hemisphere the patient is paralyzed on the left side of the body and vice versa. Paralysis is not always the case. In people who are right-handed, the speech and language center is located in the left hemisphere. Hemiparesis and hemiplegia.